I’ll admit it. Sometimes I can be a keener. This is odd because as a self-proclaimed and-still-struggling-procrastinator-who-has-had-an-unfortunate-history-of-not-being-able-to-keep-up-with-anything-type-of-person (long label, I know), it’s quite contradictory to claim that I’m also the total opposite. But, hear me out. Whenever I sign up…
The Perfect Storm
In less than one week the perfect storm will engulf my little row boat (this is my attempt at a very non-poetic metaphor for my journey through academia) and it will take all my effort to not capsize. Here’s the deal. In…
Indulge…in a campus spa day
Readers, how was Reading Week? Did any of you take advantage of the (fingers crossed) last dump of snow and go for a skate or a cross-country ski? Instead of spending my Reading Week writing my sociology paper, I had…
I survived “the dentist”
Yoga instructor (to class): "If you haven't been to yin yoga before, you'll soon find out it's like a trip to the dentist." Me (to myself): "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! The dentist?! Is it too late to leave? I came to yoga to…
What do hatha, yin, and ashtanga have in common? Yoga!!!
Readers, do you know the difference between ashtanga yoga, hatha yoga, yin yoga, and Pilates? Neither did I. Or I should say, neither do I. But I’m learning. Following my commitment to get fitter and healthier, I’ve registered for the…
Beat exam stress with yoga
There I was, on all fours, hands and feet pressed into the mat. I had come to yoga to relax. But all I did for the first half of the Yoga Basics class, that I did at the AC on Monday, was panic. Did…